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assure the continuing strength and well-being of our people," So much fur physical fitness. What about dental health? Studies across Canada show that 4 out of 5 of our six-yearâ€"old children have already suffered from dental decay. Over 95 per cent of the population of Canada is afflicted with diseases originating in the mouth and/or dis- eases resulting therefrom Only 35 per cent of all Canadians receive dental treatment, including emer- gencies in any one year, and there is only ONE dentist for every 3000 Canadians. Medical and dental scientists have proved that there is approxrâ€" mately 60 per cent less tooth decay among adults raised in a community with fluorides in the comâ€" munal water supply, yet we still have people who oppose fluoridation of communal water supplies on any or no pretext. Raw milk is dangerous. A few of the milk-borne diseases are typhoid fever, undulant fever, gastroâ€" enteritis. Pasteurization makes milk a safe, nourish- ing food. Yet, according to a newspaper report, 95 per cent of the farmers who produce milk in Ontario not only drink unpasteurized milk but they give it to their families It is estimated that more than one in cit-n my, Canadians are alcoholics and that the [minim I. growing. The sciences of medicine and gl,.\.1,,;;lj‘ have combined to give us a longer life 5p, shorter work span,‘ thereby aggravating tht rttcrtll physical and financlal problems of the agin :rls' aged. Specialists in the field of mental t. ;llh [,1] us that more hospital beds are occupied ‘ ‘ patients than by those suffering from ply abilities. We could go on indefinitely citing instan. through ignorance. neglect or just pm people are neglecting a duty which they ma, selves and to their country ; the sacre and 4 mm; lli tltx. “hurt, ‘li. gt guarding their own health and by (1m. ,, m health of the community. As Herbert 5; it: “The preservation of health is a duty. conscious that there is such a thing ;“ morality.“ The article continues, urging 'l’Ofltlllm' .. .. rions to check health conditions in (hair [I‘ along the lines mentioned above; to main ings known in an educational programme . mmtiry.‘ and to take action to imprm'tâ€" wherever possibleâ€"Editor. Information for Consumers: By Ruth Moyle Consumers I passed on what some Canadian women have had to say about “Packaging” and “Premiums”. Because of the timely importance, I interrupted the sequence of this series and in the last issue of Home and Country brought you some thoughts on “Trading Stamps”. Now here are some of the things women have said about “Labels”. 1 know it is frequently said “But few women really read labels!" That I am afraid may be partly true. On the other hand I think I‘m safe in saying those who do read them feel we don‘t learn anything more than the labels were designed to tell us in the first place! If some labels, not all of course, were easier to read, and if they told us more of the really important facts, we might become more careful readers and better buyers. Not that the information on labels is false â€" our Food and Drug Division look after that. But we could do with more factual information and cer- tainly, in advertising. with fewer superlatives. Nor do overglamorous and magnified illustrations give us the facts we want. Men are Consumers too. and I have been parti- cularly interested in some rather outspoken condem- nation of the “psuedo-scientific" terms that are sometimes used to describe a food product. A group of Women from the West voiced their opinion on this in these words: “We are beginning to look with suspicion on the so called ‘High’ this and 'High’ that products. We know full well many of these products are actually very little higher in food value â€" and they're always quite a bit higher in price!” In short, women wrote they would like to be able IN THE first “instalment” of Information for 32 to depend on the label for lnforn‘tilllt'i m grade, size, amounts and quality. and i. 1hr need of a magnifying glass. (As one recent immigrant to Canht‘ -:\L'\l. “Before you learn to read English learn .‘ the fine print!) Women are interested in price as \K'r‘l‘ ;.lli and many expressed dislike of the use of: ,.ghls and equally odd fractions of dollars an -~ on tags and labels. They serve only to conitt \ one Woman Wrote, “Try to work out the cox! - WIN of something when 2 2/3 ounces are p; :1 â€" let‘s say 61/4 cents each. In the middle l‘lltl supermarket. with tired children tuggit 3““ skirts, and without paper and pencil. t' :U to imposhble.” That illustration may seem exaggerated 'l11 W point the harried housewife was trying to ~ Mil Unusual fractions make it impossible to ' :htnn mically on a pound basis or to do comph :‘ Pm“ ing. Furthermore, some of these or NW“ prices or weights can be misleading. Then there‘s this other situation \t‘ t Wm women objected to A and I think this iL‘ll \l‘lttm’ it very well: . "The other day I bought a huge t “I ” marked NEW LOW PRICE, reduced. 1 i” 11. cents. I put this on the shelf beside an t ‘ W“ “I the same make bought a few months 31â€"" Will-lei“: a difference in the package I figured m" ' ‘1 MM for ounce. There wasn’t one cent red" "n' .‘iflu can't call this false information I SUPP“ T lust neglected to tell us the contents ~‘L‘ IN HOME AND COUN‘“